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He certainly stands out as someone who isn’t earning his pay, but this is mostly due to his injury history. I’m not going to call a 24 year-old defenseman dead weight though. Overpaid at this point in time, yes. That said, I expect him to have a decent bounce back year under Ruff.

So, besides the obvious (Skinner), is there any other dead wood we can shed? Too many players making inflated salaries with not enough results. I look down this roster and ask myself, we’re having imminent cap problems?

I think UPL is only going to get better next year under Ruff. I don’t know whether the 2nd half of the year was our defense or UPL or both, but I would hope to think our D is going have to take a big step under Ruff. If Power and Byram both improve, UPL will appear better, even with no self-improvement.

He meant to say the paper work to make either Patches or Prospal head coach has been started.

He may have donned a Sabres sweater, even coached them for 15 years, but Ruff hasn’t been part of the Sabres for over 10 years. He’s your outsider or “breath of fresh air” and he’s the one who is the most important of them all. It just looks like he surrounded himself with people who know these players inside and out. That shouldn’t take away what type of coach Lindy is.

He’s not a McDavid or Bedard, but he’s definitely better than Eichel.

I love the sarcasm of this tweet. Well done.

Nah. There may be a few others who agree. I really don’t see a problem with our top 6. Let’s pretend Skinner doesn’t even exist (yet he does), we still have Tage, Tuch, Benson, Cozens, JJP, and Quinn. That’s a very “talented” bunch and I think Ruff will set them straight. But, beyond the top 6, the rest of the roster is effectively missing. Lots of question marks there. We need at least 3 more proven NHLers. Anyone not on the Sabres this year can stay in Rochester.

And this is why they get bounced early each year. If you think you can do no wrong, that you are infallible, there really isn’t any reason to do better. This also points to the city being the problem, not necessarily the team itself.

He might just say he wants a 1-year deal to prove he’s the guy from the 2nd half of the season. He’d be betting on himself and if he truly is the 2nd half guy, he’s either going to end up “needing a change” or be very expensive. And with Ruff behind the bench, who’s a big UPL fan btw and will force our D to be better in front of him, I’d bet he’s the guy from the 2nd half too.

I would rather trade someone already in our pipeline than trade the 1st rounder. We have a lot of the same thing in our pipeline and I don’t see many difference makers. The pick represents a do-over or new direction (or a stab at drafting another Benson). I would move two of Östlund, Rosen, or Kulich if any team has a love affair with them and wants to send us someone decent. In fact, I could be convinced to move all of them. I wouldn’t move Savoie unless some really wants to overpay.

Ironically, they at least got the Mittelstadt line right.

I have not in fact. Last time I was there must’ve been close to 20 years ago. May check it out. Would’ve hoped the same could be said of Buffalo, which definitely has changed, but at a much slower clip. Either way, I live in a DC suburb now, so look down at most other places (but still don’t like living here!)

So, this guy is 20 and he’s been in the W since 2021. Any idea why he wasn’t in Rochester this year (or right now)? I assume he’ll be there next year (but still have questions about this).

I don’t doubt this is true, but to say someone prefers Raleigh-Durham to Buffalo is kind of funny. I mean, neither are glamorous places by any stretch of the imagination, but I guess weather and taxes win out.

Either that, or the league just ignores what is going on in Buffalo.

Here’s the ESPN report. Something is wrong in here…. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/40051232/kraken-fire-coach-dave-hakstol-missing-playoffs “Hakstol, who went 107-112-27 with the franchise, becomes the second NHL coach to be fired this offseason after the San Jose Sharks moved on from David Quinn last week.”

The good news is Lindy likes his elite defensemen. Should use our stable of young defenders very well.

I think we can all agree this was never about the Sabres interviewing candidates. It was about candidates interviewing Kevyn Adams and the rest of the organization. I don’t doubt Adams reached out and spoke to some, maybe even double digits, but many of these conservations were probably very short. He also didn’t tell how far back these conversations occurred. Could’ve been done any time over the last 3 months.

When I see an entire team avoiding the front of the net, or I see players initially doing so after being traded to the Sabres but then soon stopping this behavior, I see this as a coaching issue and not a player one.

Ftfy

That’s interesting. Miroslav was 6’3” (I never knew he was this tall). So, I tried to find out how tall the mom is. Here’s a picture. Remember, Miroslav is 6’3”. She looks like she’s at least 5’11”. She’s not even standing fulling upright

Adams has robbed us of about a month of reading rumors and speculating who the next coach would be.

We all said the same thing last year. You never know. But maybe this is a weak draft.

I’m fairly certain there are players on that list above SS was clamoring for to add “veteran grit”. Even a goalie too.